In B?rbulescu v Romania (Application No 61496/08), the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) had to determine whether an employer was entitled to monitor an employee’s private electronic communications.

It is a period of injustice. Equality activists, ?striking from their hidden bases, have won their ?latest victory against the evil gender pay gap. During the ?battle, legislators managed to introduce a mandatory reporting ?rule with enough power to make businesses reconsider their remunerative ?practices. Alice Bowkett races into this week’s SJ, custodian of the plans that ?can bring gender equality to the workplace....